 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Scientists long warned Spanish and EU authorities of the need to protect Valencia from floods, but masses of people received no warning until walls of water broke over their homes and workplaces. Nearly one month ago, Israel began an assault on Northern Gaza to implement the so-called "general's plan" of ethnically cleansing the entirety of Northern Gaza. Virtually no food, water, or medical supplies have been allowed into the northern section of the Gaza Strip, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee. With the war, already the longest and most expensive Israel has ever fought, now expanding to Lebanon and Iran, the proposed tax hikes and spending cuts will likely deepen before the Knesset approves the budget in three months' time. It has become absolutely clear that if we are to win this strike, we have to overthrow the dead weight of the IAM union bureaucracy. Both workforces are fighting against a corporate oligarchy which has clearly coordinated a campaign to break their strikes. A climate of violence hangs over the US elections following recent attacks on ballot boxes and Trump's ongoing incitement against political opponents and the press. Moore is believed to be the only person in the history of South Carolina's death penalty to be executed in connection with an armed robbery who did not bring the fatal weapon to the scene of the crime. The explosion in Tlaxcala was no "accident" but social murder driven by a deliberate policy of pursuing corporate and national "competitiveness" by downgrading safety and working conditions. The rise of Peru's protection racket mafias is the result of complex socioeconomic processes. The fact that Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon participated in the talks Thursday underscores that Trudeau's Liberals have already begun their preparations to enact strikebreaking legislation, just like they did in 2018. But the CUPW leadership says nothing about this threat, and has struck a deal with management to postpone our strike. As a result of huge cuts to the number of new permanent and temporary residents and the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of temporary foreign workers, Canada's population will fall for the first time ever. Stanford University held a conference last month to promote the right-wing agenda of the Great Barrington Declaration, which opposes all social measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Oxfam and the Development Finance International have released a damning report about the growth of inequality all over the world, but with policy prescriptions that cannot be implemented under capitalism. A planned and internationally coordinated approach to mitigate and avoid the catastrophic impact of storms and other natural disasters is impossible under capitalism. The Pacific Forum mission went ahead with permission from the far-right Macron government, amid talks over the French territory's anti-colonial uprising. The decision by the Australian Labor government paves the way for further attacks on free speech and democratic rights, including crackdowns on opposition to the genocide in Gaza. Disney and some of the other major companies continue to refuse to make even the nominal concessions union officials feel they have to have to sell a deal to the membership. This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago The ballot was necessitated by the crushing defeat suffered by Rishi Sunak's Conservatives in July's general election. About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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